Chuck Berry & Elvis Presley

Charles Edward Anderson Chuck Berry (born October 18, 1926) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of Rock And Roll music. Elvis Aaron Presley (1935, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century.5.0/5

Kiss - God Gave Rock And Roll To You*. *The title is a falsehood. It was actually people like Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley.

27 Jan 2015 20:31

We're happy to announce that Peter Case will be playing the 2015 Kerrville Folk Festival! What kind of music does he play? Well, here's how he describes his influences - take your pick: What do you see as your greatest musical influences? My big sisters Susan & Phyl played rock & roll records around the house-when i was just a toddler-it was the rock n roll era: early Elvis Presley (Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog etc.), Everly Brothers, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino ,Link Wray, Richie Valens ,Ray Charles etc...Phyl played piano in the stride style, ala Fats Waller: standards,boogie woogie etc...i loved all of that.. the first record I bought myself was a Beatles single...then Sue came back from school & we were all listening to Dylan..."Mr Tambourine Man"-the whole folk & folk rock movement hit me in a big way...in 1967 or so i heard Mississippi John Hurt on a Vanguard album I found at a local library... "Today"...that one changed my whole outlook.. when I was sixteen I hitch hiked over to Boston & saw Lightnin H . ...

23 Jan 2015 15:11

Friday, January 23, 2015 Joe Dowell ("Wooden Heart") is 75 The late Eugene Church ("Pretty Girls Everywhere") is born in 1938 Terry Kath of Chicago ("Make Me Smile") accidentally and fatally shoots himself, 1978 "Louie Louie" composer Richard Berry dies of an aneurysm in 1997 Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys divorces his wife Marilyn (one-time member of the Honeys and mother of Wendy and Carnie Wilson of Wilson Phillips), 1979 The first inductees into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall Of Fame include Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Fats Domino, 1986 6,000 teenagers attend the first night of the ill-fated Winter Dance Party with Buddy Holly at the Million Dollar Ballroom in Milwaukee (despite temperatures of 17 below and 13 inches of snow), 1959 Judy Collins is refused permission to sing testimony at the infamous "Chicago 7" trial, 1970 Bill Haley & his Comets attend the Australian premiere of their movie "Don't Knock The Rock" while on tour there, 1957 "Scott Walker, 30th Century Man," a documentary on the Walker Broth ...

It is with sadness we report that TCB Band member, John Wilkinson has passed away in his home aged 67, on Friday, January 11, 2013, surrounded by family and friends, after a long battle with cancer. At the age of 10, he famously snuck into Elvis Presley's dressing room before a show at the Shrine Mosque in Springfield, telling Elvis, 'you can't play guitar worth a *** . Elvis was amused and impressed with this kid and predicted they would meet again. They did. John was born on July 3, 1945 to parents Dr. Richard and Virginia Wilkinson. He grew up in Springfield, Missouri, where he attended Greenwood Laboratory School. John was drawn to music very early. After playing in a high school band with his classmates called, 'The Coachmen', John went on to make a name for himself as a folk and country singer and guitar player. He traveled around the country playing with such groups as 'The Kingston Trio', 'The Goodtime Singers', 'Greenwood County Singers', and 'The New Christy Minstrels'. John and Elvis met again ...

09 Jan 2015 05:54

ELVIS PRESLEY WAS NOT A RACIST "The only thing Negroes can do for me is buy my records and shine my shoes." Words attributed to Elvis Presley. Long-standing urban myths and rumors are often the most difficult to dispel, to be sure. And I've had my share of snickers, head shakes, eye rolls and inevitably this quote thrown at me when I've mentioned Elvis Presley's name on my list of early musical influences which include Chuck Berry, Sam Cooke, Nat King Cole, B.B. King, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye and Tom Jones. The thing is, Elvis never said those words. The simple fact is they first appeared in print in April 1957 in "How Negroes Feel About Elvis," a story in Sepia magazine. The article quotes an anonymous, non-confirmed "person on the street" who said that he had HEARD that Presley had uttered those words. The rest is history. But thank goodness for the internet and the Age of Information: Elvis Presley; a racist. Quite frankly, it never made any sense to me. How could this man who owed so mu ...

16 Oct 2014 19:58

Things you might not know. 16 Oct. 1. 1951: Jump-blues singer Richard Penniman, already going by the stage name Little Richard, makes his first recordings at Atlanta radio station WGST, though it would take four years and a move to clubs in New Orleans' French Quarter to turn him into a Rock And Roll phenomenon. 2. 1954: Elvis Presley, still stinging from his rejection at the Grand Old Opry in Nashville, joins the Shreveport, LA radio broadcast Louisiana Hayride , appearing weekly for the grand sum of eighteen dollars. The show, broadcast on local station KWKH-AM, represents Presley's first major musical exposure and would prove invaluable to getting him noticed nationally. 3. 1986: Chuck Berry is the center of an all-star "60th birthday" bash in his hometown of St. Louis, a tribute concert -- held three days before his actual 60th -- where the legendary rocker is joined by Keith Richards, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Etta James, Robert Cray, Linda Ronstadt, and many others on stage at the local Fox T ...

How do explain Psychobilly to someone who has never heard it ? Think Eddie Cochran,Elvis Presley and maybe Chuck Berry.on Speed..lots and lots of speed. Stand up chukka chukka chukka bass...rythme McRythmey guiar with crisp and clean guitar solos...and a solid backbeat...and then take some speed. The Brains are from Monreal. They rock.

01 Sep 2014 11:30

Today in Rock September First Featured Artist Pearl JamPearl Jam Like the concert? Download it. Pearl Jam begin selling digital downloads of their North American concerts online. The "digital bootlegs" are on the band's official site just hours after each performance. Before rolling through Canada, the group plays The Gorge in George, WA, about 130 miles east of Seattle. 2005 1950's Jerry Lee Lewis enrolls at Southwestern Bible Institute in Waxahatchie, TX. He is expelled three months later. 1950 Jerry Lee arrives at Sun Records in Memphis. Unfortunately, Sun owner Sam Phillips is on vacation. So Lewis cuts some demos. He gets a callback two months later. 1956 Elvis Presley buys his mama a Pink Caddie. It‚Äôs the first of many Cadillacs Elvis gives away. 1956 The Biggest Show of Stars for 1957 features Buddy Holly & The Crickets, Chuck Berry and the Everly Brothers. 1957 1960's Boz Scaggs hooks up again with Steve Miller (they were college bandmates). The vocalist/guitarist replaces James Cooke and is .. ...

06 Aug 2014 22:45

ON THIS DAY IN MUSIC August 6th (Don't forget to LIKE/FOLLOW AMERICANA MUSIC FOUNDATION and PULL DOWN and CHECK RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS to make sure you get your daily posts of daily history everyday). 1955: Elvis Presley's first number one record was released. The song was called "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" and when it hit the top of the US Country charts several months later, it stayed there for 5 weeks. 1955: "A Fool for You" by Ray Charles & His Band topped the R&B chart. 1956: Chuck Berry, LaVern Baker, Frankie Lymon and Connie Francis (singing for Tuesday Weld) began work on the movie Rock, Rock, Rock! 1960: The Beatles went to evaluate drummer Pete Best at the Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool, England. 1960: Chubby Checker performed his smash hit "The Twist" on American Bandstand. "THE TWIST" IS ONE OF ONLY TWO SONGS TO RE-ENTER THE CHARTS AND RETURN TO # 1.THIS HAPPENED IN September 1960 AND 18 months later in 1962 for two weeks in January. THE OTHER IS Bing Crosby'S "WHITE CHRISTMAS. 196 ...

05 Jul 2014 11:29

Today in Rock July Fifth Featured Artist Pearl JamPearl JamPearl Jam tops a USA Today Readers Poll as the "greatest American Rock group." Aerosmith is followed by Van Halen. Oddly, Journey, yes Journey, comes in at just behind the Eagles, but ahead of both The Doors (and R.E.M. (What? 2005 1940's The Band's Jaime Robert "Robbie" Robertson has a birthday. His last name at birth is Klegerman. 1943 1950's Michael Monarch, Steppenwolf‚Äôs original guitarist, has a birthday. The L.A. native is heard on ‚ÄúBorn To Be Wild,‚ÄĚ "Magic Carpet Ride" and "Rock Me.‚ÄĚ 1950 Hip to be square. Huey Lewis is born. He lends his name to the ‚Äė80s group Huey Lewis and the News and serves as their singer and main attraction. 1950 Elvis Presley auditions for Sun Records in Memphis. The session looks like a bust until Elvis cuts loose on ‚ÄúThat‚Äôs All Right,‚ÄĚ an old Blues number. The song becomes his first single and the rest is history. 1954 Ray Charles and Chuck Berry perform at the Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Is . ...

12 Jun 2014 09:24

Today in Rock & Roll: Births 1927: Al Fairweather 1928: Vic Damone 1941: Chick Corea 1941: Roy Harper 1942: Len Barry 1943: Reg Presley (The Troggs) 1948: Barry Bailey (Atlanta Rhythm Section) 1951: Brad Delp (Boston) 1951: Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) Events 1959: Sam Cooke insists on racially integrated seating for tonight's dual-headlining show with Jackie Wilson in Norfolk, VA. 1961: Frankie Avalon begins a 12-day tour of South America, one of the first rock tours to play on the continent. 1962: Brenda Lee dislocates her neck while performing at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, NJ, and is hospitalized; one year later to the day, the teen idol finally graduates from the showbiz-friendly high school Hollywood Professional. 1965: Sonny and Cher make their US television debut, singing "Just You" on ABC-TV's American Bandstand. 1966: The Dave Clark Five break a record by becoming the first rock band to make 12 appearances on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show. 1968: Elvis Presley's 27th film, Speedway, starring Nanc ...

10 Jun 2014 14:45

June 10th: On this Day 1956, American singer, actor Pat Boone was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'I'll Be Home.' Boone scored over 30 UK Top 40 hit singles during the 50's and early 60's and was the second biggest charting artist behind only Elvis Presley. 1964, The first edition of the official Rolling Stones book was issued, priced at one and six, (the publication ran for 30 issues). Also on this day, at producers Phil Spector‚Äôs suggestion, The Stones recorded It's All Over Now, I Can‚Äôt Be Satisfied and Time Is On My Side at Chess studios in Chicago. During the day, the Stones got to meet, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Buddy Guy and Chuck Berry. More on The Rolling Stones 1964, On their first world tour The Beatles took a flight from Hong Kong to Australia making an unscheduled fuel stop in Darwin, where over 400 fans greet their aircraft. The Beatles then fly on to Sydney, where they arrive in the middle of a heavy downpour. The group were required to appear in an open-top truck in the pouring ...

05 Jun 2014 19:38

THROW BACK THURSDAY: Back in 1958, I had a very popular radio show called "The Platter Party" on KOFA The Sporty 1240 in Yuma, Arizona. My show was on Monday through Friday from 6- 9 PM. I was the only DJ on the station that was playing contemporary Rock And Roll. Bob Smith, the DJ in the middle, was on in the morning (not sure what he played), and Denny Gallagher, the DJ on the right played standards from the 40's and early 50's. I would go to the Post Office every day to get stacks of promos records from the record companies with BRAND NEW ARTISTS like Elvis Presley (did he ever make it big?), Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, etc, etc, etc. It was a blast. My Mother and I were living with my Uncle and his family. At that time he drove a black and green 1957 Chevy that he would let me drive on the weekends. 50's radio and a 57 Chevy. Doesn't get any better than that. I would have posted a picture of the Chevy, but I could find one with that color combo..

How Recording Studios Work Legendary recording artist Elvis Presley recorded in Memphis' Sun Studios. Phantom City Studio Orlando Florida recording studios. In 1953, a skinny 18-year-old with slicked-back hair walked into Memphis Recording Service. He wanted to make a personal recording and was looking for owner Sam Phillips. Since Phillips wasn't in, the teen talked to secretary Marion Kiesker. When she asked what style of music he played, he responded, "I don't sound like nobody." Although few people ever heard that first $4 recording, Elvis Presley turned his personal style into worldwide fame with the help of Sam Phillips and that recording studio, which became the legendary Sun Studio. The studio was also home to Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and B.B. King [source: Rockabilly Hall of Fame]. Sun Studio may be what comes to mind when you think of recording studios, or the Beatles' Abbey Road in London -- or maybe even Chess Records in Chicago where artists such as Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, ...

Most people can pick Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Little Richard out of a photo. How many know the Cold Crush Bros when they see them?

12 Apr 2014 00:43

The Daily Doo *** Tuesday Weld is known to many for her TV role as Thalia Menninger in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Born Susan Ker Weld in 1943, she started acting as a child. In 1956 she appeared in Alfred Hitchcock‚Äôs The Wrong Man and was the lead in Rock, Rock, Rock with Alan Freed, Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon, and John Burnette. She was in Wild in the Country with Elvis Presley and had an off-screen romance with him. She was also in Lord Love a Duck with Roddy McDowell and many other fil... See More

20 Mar 2014 19:12

This is a fair and clever summary of what happened between 1949 and 1954, when black and white musical traditions cross-educated each other, and then disc jockey Alan Freed popularized the phrase "Rock And Roll," which was black slang for having sex. ¬† Now along comes Rolling Stone Magazine, huckstering a commercial myth to sell magazines, get advertising, and make a buck. Along the way, they falsify and simplify the history of America's music. ¬† The current issue, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the creation of rock 'n' roll and is stuffed with advertisements, declares that Elvis Presley invented the music. This is revisionist history as a marketing gimmick. ¬† No one person started rock 'n' roll. It was a black and white alloy of Fats Domino, Lloyd Price, Ike Turner, Hank Williams, Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, Ray Charles, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly - and Elvis Presley. ¬† Presley himself never claimed to have invented rock 'n' roll. He always talked ab ...

05 Mar 2014 21:34

~ Today's Historic Happenings In Music ~ March 5th: On this Day 1735 - Handel's Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op 4 No 2 was performed for the first time. 1951: Ike Turner, recording as Jackie Brenston and his Kings of Rhythm, records "Rocket '88" for Sam Phillips at his Memphis Recording Service (later Sun Studios) in Memphis, a record now considered by many musicologists to be the first Rock And Roll record. 1955, Elvis Presley made his TV debut when he appeared on the weekend show 'Louisiana Hayride' on KWKH TV, broadcast from Shreveport Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana. 1959 - Chuck Berry performed "Anthony Boy" and "Almost Grown" on "American Bandstand." 1960: At 9:15 am, Elvis Presley is officially discharged from the United States military (though he will remain on reserve for another four years). He collects a final paycheck of nine dollars and eighty-one cents and boards a train for Memphis. 1963, Country singers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins were killed in a plane crash near ...

# This is RS magazine's list of the 20 greatest artists of all time. # 1. The Beatles - Makes sense. Some of the most influential albums of all time are the works of these lads. What else can you say? # 2. Bob Dylan - I could argue with this one. He's a legend, but number 2? # 3. Elvis Presley - Very successful, the King Of Rock n roll of course, but he was very controlled by his manager. # 4. Rolling Stones - Often called 'Anti-Beatles', definitely top 5 # 5. Chuck Berry - Probably invented Rock n Roll. Deserves to be here. # 6. Jimi Hendrix - First guitar god, I believe. Revolutionary player # 7. James Brown - Godfather of soul, is it? Great showman # 8. Little Richard - American Rock & Roll/R & B singer and pianist # 9. Aretha Franklin - I think she was the first woman to be inducted into the rock n roll Hall Of Fame. I'll look that up later. # 10. Ray Charles - American R&B singer and pianist # 11. Bob Marley - Jamaican reggae singer # 12. The Beach Boys - Some of the catchiest songs I ever heard. # 1 ...

10 Feb 2014 00:06

BLACK HISTORY FACTS AND THE BEATLES: 1) While the band from Liverpool, England was certainly influenced by the Everly Brothers (the two-part harmonies), Buddy Holly (his band was called The Crickets and they decided to have a bug-like name too), Elvis Presley, and others, they repeatedly cited Little Richard, Chuck Berry, The Isley Brothers, and Motown as major influences on their work. The famous Beatles "WOOO!" comes from both Little Richard and The Isley Brothers, which comes from the Black church. On 3 of the Beatles first 4 albums quite a few of their songs were covers of Motown artists and they even shouted out Motown as a factor in who they were on an early live BBC performance, something very rare for a White band to do in those times, established or not; 2) the first American label to sign The Beatles, when no one else was willing to do so, was Black-owned and Chicago based Vee-Jay Records; 3) when The Beatles set out on their first tour of America in 1964, after their famous appearances on "The ...

06 Feb 2014 19:54

Guest dj Colin Brown profile (pictured with Tony Smith on the left). My Music Education started at a very early age.My Mother loved having the Radio so she could hear music ,when she did her "Chores".When the Radio was off Mum would put her Records on-The Ink Spots,The Platters,Harry Belafonte,Paul Robeson and others.She loved the harmonising voices and it was through that I began listening to them carefully.On the TV you had Cy Grant on B.B.C`s "Tonight" Programme,singing about Current Affairs in a Calypso Style.It was beautiful.My eldest Sister would join in by playing her 78s.I really liked Little Richard,Chuck Berry,Fats Domino as well as Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis.As the 50s came to a close,my Sister`s tastes changed to the Drifters(with Ben E.King on Lead).These were good times. In 1964 I went with my School to Carnaby Street(it was really a trip to the West End,but we ended up there).The place was buzzing.I was intriqued by the "Boutiques" that lined the Street,and everybody rushing about-w ...

04 Feb 2014 11:17

Who was better, the Beatles or Elvis Presley? ‚ÄĒ Chuck Berry.

27 Jan 2014 17:02

Sun Records is the best! I have albums of SUN but recently I bought the Sun-sessions on cd of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry and lots of others. If you share my enthousiasm for pure rock'n roll, send me a friend-request!

25 Dec 2013 18:33

~ Musical Historical Happenings On Christmas Day ~ December 25th: On this Day 1818 - "Silent Night" was performed for the first time, at the Church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorff, Austria. 1954, Bing Crosby's ‚ÄėWhite Christmas‚Äô entered the Billboard Pop chart for the eleventh time. Bing's rendition has sold over 100 million copies around the world, with at least 50 million sales as singles. It was the largest selling single in Music History until it was surpassed by Elton John's ‚ÄėCandle in the Wind 1997‚Äô. 1958, The first day of a 10 day residency in Alan Freeds Christmas rock n' roll spectacular in New York with Chuck Berry, Frankie Avalon, Dion, Jackie Wilson, Eddie Cochran, Bo Diddley and The Everly Brothers. 1959 - Elvis Presley arranged to have a French poodle delivered to Anita Wood. 1959: An apprentice engineer from Liverpool named Richard Starkey, then already eighteen, gets his first real set of drums for Christmas (the young Starkey's family couldn't afford a proper set when he was a child) ...

Today In Entertainment History December 5th - Better Late Then Never? 1936: Bing Crosby takes over as host of the Kraft Music Hall radio show. 1955: The BMI Annual Awards in New York City score big for R&B, with rhythm and blues songs winning a record eleven awards. 1956: The Alan Freed movie Rock! Rock! Rock!, starring Chuck Berry, The Flamingos, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Lavern Baker, and Johnny Burnette premieres in New York City. 1960: Billboard reports that five "answer records" to Elvis Presley's "Are You Lonesome To-night?" have been released -- four versions of "Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight" and one "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight". * Etta James hits with the Modern single "My Dearest Darling." * Jerry Butler hits on the R&B chart and on the pop chart with "He Will Break Your Heart". 1964: Number of British singles in Billboard's Top 100: 14 * "Walking in the Rain" by the Ronettes reaches The Beatles throw a party to celebrate the opening of the Apple Boutique. 1968: Graham Nash quits the Hollies ...

08 Nov 2013 20:40

~ Historical Musical Milestones and Happenings ~ November 8th: On this Day 1932 - "Make Mine Music" debuted on Broadway. The show ran for 342 performances. 1932: Legendary songwriting team Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's first production, Music In The Air, opens on Broadway. 1939 - Frank Sinatra's recorded were "Every Day of My Life" and "Ciribiribin". They were the last songs he recorded with the Harry James Band. 1948 - Elvis Presley was enrolled in the eighth grade at Humes High School in Memphis, TN. 1952, The first ever UK pop chart was published by the New Musical Express after staff asked 53 record shops to divulge their sales returns. ‚ÄėHere In My Heart‚Äô by Al Martino was the first No.1. The song stayed at No.1 for nine weeks. 1953: Buddy Holly's Sunday radio show (featuring the singer as part of a country duo called "Buddy and Bob") premieres on Lubbock, TX's KDAV. 1957 - The Elvis Presley film "Jailhouse Rock" was released in the U.S. 1957 - Chuck Berry performed "Rock 'n' Roll Music" on ...

01 Nov 2013 18:42

Publicity photo of Chuck Berry | Date : September 29, 1972 | Source : Berry invented Rock And Roll in 1955. He was a black man playing black music. But times had changed: white kids were listening to rhythm and blues throughout the Northeast, and white musicians were playing rhythm and blues side to side with country music. The music industry soon understood that there was a white market for black music and social prejudice, racial barriers, could nothing against the forces of capitalism. Rock And Roll was an overnight success. ¬† The music industry promoted white idols such as Elvis Presley, but the real heroes were the likes of Chuck Berry, who better symbolize the synergy between the performer and the audience. ¬† ¬† ¬† ¬† The black rockers, and a few white rockers, epitomized the youth's rebellious mood, their need for a soundtrack to their dreams of anticonformism. Their impact was long lasting, but their careers were short lived. For one reason or another, they all stopped recording after a brief ti ...

28 Oct 2013 17:33

Here's a few historical factoids to get you through the day... October 28th: On this day. 1893, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted his first public performance of his Symphony Number Six in B minor "Pathetique." 1948, In St. Louis, MO, Chuck Berry marries his first and only wife, Themetta "Toddy" Suggs. 1955, As part of the duo Buddy and Bob, Buddy Holly opens for Marty Robbins at a concert in Lubbock, TX. 1956 - Elvis Presley's song "Love Me Tender" became the No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit. He became the first artist to follow himself into the No. 1 position. The song "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" had been the No. 1 song for 11 weeks. 1956, Elvis Presley made his second appearance on US TV‚Äôs The Ed Sullivan Show, where the host presents him with a gold record for ‚ÄėLove Me Tender‚Äô. 1957, After a show at the Pan Pacific Auditorium in Los Angeles, local police told Elvis Presley that he was not allowed to wiggle his hips onstage, the local press also ran headlines saying Elvis would have to clean up his act. T ...

21 Oct 2013 13:47

Today In Entertainment History - 1908: The first two-sided vinyl record (!) was offered for sale by the Columbia label in an ad running in this week's Saturday Evening Post. 1935: 1935: Mahalia Jackson begins a 10-year stint as Thomas Dorsey's vocalist and chief collaborator. 1944: Juke Box record label is formed in Los Angeles by Art Rupe. 1956: Elvis Presley visits his favorite local movie theater, the Memphian, and is beset by a adoring crowd who, in the ensuing melee, scratch his new Cadillac. Thus begins Elvis' new habit of renting the entire theater whenever he wants to watch a movie. 1967: The Kingpins hit with "Ode to Billie Joe". * Lulu reaches with "To Sir With Love". 1971: In Paris, *** Jagger and girlfriend Bianca become the proud parents of *** s first child, Jade. 1972: 10cc hits in the UK with "Donna". * Leon Russell hits with "Tight Rope". * Hot Butter hits with "Popcorn". * Chuck Berry's only hit, the novelty song "My Ding-a-Ling," reaches the top of the charts. He'd originally recorded . ...

ON THIS DAY IN ROCK 'N' ROLL HISTORY! Mister Rock And Roll, the story of legendary Rock promoter and DJ Alan Freed, premieres. The film has appearances by Chuck Berry and Little Richard. 1957 1960's The Beatles "Eleanor Rigby" peaks at Meanwhile, Jimi Hendrix flies to London to become a Rock star. 1966 1970's The first Elvis Presley convention is held in Memphis. It comes a month after Presley's death. 1977 Fleetwood Mac`s "Don`t Stop" peaks at However, an Arkansas fan, Bill Clinton, revives the song using as his presidential campaign theme song in '92. 1977 1980's ZZ Top‚Äôs "Eliminator," containing "Legs" and "Sharp Dressed Man," goes platinum. The album stays on the chart for over three years. 1983 "Tell Her About It" tops the U.S. pop chart. The Billy Joel track is from his "Innocent Man" LP. 1983 1990's ‚ÄúNevermind,‚ÄĚ Nirvana‚Äôs second studio release, arrives with little fanfare. The album debuts at on the Billboard 200 chart and doesn‚Äôt kick in gear until "Smells Like Teen Spirit" becomes a h . ...

24 Sep 2013 17:01

Today In Rock N Roll History Sept 24th 1942: Bandleader Glenn Miller makes his last radio broadcast on CBS' Moonlight Serenade program before leaving to enlist in the Army. 1955: Judy Garland makes her television debut on CBS' variety show Ford Star Jubilee, breaking all previous ratings records. 1957: Legendary DJ Alan Freed debuts his fourth movie, Mister Rock And Roll, at New York City's Paramount Theatre. The film, named after Freed's nickname, features Alan playing himself and also several musical performances by Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Brook Benton, LaVern Baker, Ferlin Husky, Lionel Hampton, and, for some reason, former middleweight boxing champion Rocky Graziano. 1971: The Jackson 5 appear on the cover of Life magazine, with the headline "Rock Stars At Home With Their Parents." 1977: Just a month or so after his untimely death, the first national Elvis Presley convention takes place in Memphis. 1988: After allegedly breaking into an insurance class being held ...

20 Sep 2013 10:33

September 20th, 2008: Nappy Brown died in his sleep in his hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born Napoleon Brown Goodson Culp on October 12th, 1929. Brown was the son of Kathryn Culp and Sammie Lee Brown. After his mother died he was brought up by Fred and Maggie Culp. They attended Gethsemane AME Zion Church and he attended school in Charlotte, North Carolina. He began his career singing gospel music before switching to R&B. In 1954 he won a recording contract with Savoy Records, which yielded a series of hits, including "Don't Be Angry" (R&B, pop, 1955), "Pitter Patter" (R&B, 1955), and "It Don't Hurt No More" (R&B, pop, 1958). Brown was among the biggest stars in R&B, frequently touring with the revues of Alan Freed. His songs, along with those of his peers and contemporaries (such as Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and Fats Domino), were among the first wave of African-American pop music to become noticed and popular with white audiences. Elvis Presley reportedly used to see Brown perform wh ...

The king of kitsch. The prince of Rock 'n Roll (cause who are we kidding, Chuck Berry was the king): Elvis Presley.

09 Jul 2013 10:22

June 28th, 2013 ¬† Ask any successful band or performer how they got their start or what influenced a change in their musical direction and they're sure to credit some other band or artist. The influence musicians have on one another is openly recognized and celebrated for the innovations it inspires. No musician creates in a vacuum. Be it consciously or not, we are all part of a network of influences. A musical chain, if you will. A family tree. ¬† Take The Beatles, for instance. They were strongly influenced by Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison who, respectively, were influenced by Elvis Presley, The Clovers, Hank Williams, and Hank Ballard. Black Sabbath name Cream as an influence who give a nod to The Yardbirds who cite the music of John Lee Hooker who names Son House who acknowledges Furry Lewis, driving Sabbath's musical roots some five levels deep. Even the great Chuck Berry, who seemingly invented a whole new approach to playing the guitar, readily cites T-Bone Walker as his prime inspirat ...

24 Jun 2013 15:15

After working with him on the ‚ÄúBad‚ÄĚ video, Martin Scorsese commented, ‚ÄúI was in awe of his absolute mastery of movement on the one hand, and of the music on the other. Every step he took was absolutely precise and fluid at the same time. It was like watching quicksilver in motion.‚ÄĚ Steven Spielberg agreed, telling Entertainment Weekly that, ‚ÄúJust as there will never be another Fred Astaire or Chuck Berry or Elvis Presley, there will never be anyone comparable to Michael Jackson. His talent, wonderment, and his mystery make him legend.‚ÄĚ Jason Coleman, from the Herald Sun continues the tribute saying, ‚ÄúMichael has a massive influence on my career because he made dance ‚Äúcool‚ÄĚ again ‚Äď especially for males. For all dancers, he set the pace, he set the scene and he set the standard.‚ÄĚ Tributes have started all over the world. A prison in Cebu in the Philippines had a dance tribute coordinated by security consultant, Byron Garcias, where 1,500 inmates joined in a synchronized dance to the ‚Ä ...

May 21, 1542‚Ä¶While searching for gold along the Mississippi River, Spanish explorer/conquistador Hernando de Soto died of semitropical fever at the age 45 (or 46).1602‚Ä¶Less than a week after discovering and naming Cape Cod, Captain Bartholomew Gosnold first sighted the island he named Martha's Vineyard, after his daughter Martha.1881‚Ä¶Teacher/nurse Clara Barton, founder and first president of the American branch of the Red Cross society, held the organization's first official meeting at her apartment in Washington, DC.1928‚Ä¶Walt Disney's trademark application for "Mickey Mouse" was filed with the U.S. Patent Office.1955‚Ä¶At the Chess Recording Studio in Chicago, Chuck Berry recorded his first single, "Maybellene," one of the first records to be successful on rhythm & blues, country & western, and pop charts at the same time.1956‚Ä¶At the Municipal Auditorium in Topeka, Kansas, an estimated 2,500 fans stormed the stage during an Elvis Presley concert.1956‚Ä¶Doris Day released "Whatever Will Be, Will ...

Listening to a collection of Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry to get me in the mood for tonight. It works.

01 May 2013 23:58

Born on May 1, 1930, blues artist, Little Walter. First harmonica player to amplify his harmonica, giving it a distorted echoing sound. He died on February 15th 1968. In 1942, the American War Production Board commandeers all facilities for the production of jukeboxes, turning them over to the manufacture of war materials. In 1955, on tour with Hank Snow's All Star Jamboree, Elvis Presley played three shows at the Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sun Records had just released Elvis' fourth single, "Baby, Let‚Äôs Play House." In 1955, Leonard Chess signs Chuck Berry to a recording contract after he came highly recommended by Muddy Waters. In 1962, the Beatles started a month long residency at The Star Club, in Hamburg, Germany. Also in 1962, Britain's first Cinebox, a device that showed 16mm color film of musicians performing their hits on a 21 inch screen, is installed in London, England. As you might expect, the device flashed paid advertising messages whenever the machine was idle. In 196 ...

16 Feb 2013 19:01

Amazingly enough, Yoko Ono will turn 80 years of age on Monday. She's just one of the personalities associated with the first few decades of the rock culture who are getting very long in the tooth. Bill Haley would be 88. Chuck Berry is 86. Bo Diddley would be 84. The Big Bopper would be 82. Elvis Presley would be 78. Bill Wyman is 76. Buddy Holly would be 76. And Alan Freed, the disc jockey who is widely -- but wrongly -- credited with coining the term "Rock And Roll," would be 91. Another way of looking at it is that the oldest teenagers when the first rock recording hit the charts in 1953 -- "Crazy Man Crazy," by Bill Haley and the Comets -- are now almost 80.

If you like the idea of Rock And Roll with a full orchestra backing up the singers, guitars, bass, keyboard and drums... come out to the Moss Performing Arts Center at Colorado Mesa University Saturday night (seating begins at 7, show at 7:30) for the first concert of our THIRD full season of GJROCKESTRA. This concert, we'll be singing 4 songs from each decade from the 1950's to the 1990's... from Elvis Presley, and Chuck Berry, through the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, on to Poison, the Spin Doctors and Rob Thomas! It's gonna be a great concert!

06 Jan 2013 22:01

The 1950s - The Beginnings of Rock 'n Roll The 1950s were a decade full of changes. World War II was over, and soldiers returned home and started families, beginning the baby boom. People could afford goods not available during wartime, including homes, and the increase in affordable, single-family homes created suburbia. Segregation was still a reality, but it was beginning to change and integration was becoming a more accepted idea. Televisions were becoming the center of American living rooms, and so began the television's influence on popular culture. Rock 'n Roll In this time of change, a new form of music was gaining popularity within the youth culture of the 50s. Rock 'n Roll, which was born out of a mixing of blues, gospel, and country, was breaking the conservative mold of the time. Rockers like Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Bill Haley, and Buddy Holly became stars and laid the foundation for much of the music we listen to today. * Iskra

from Katoomba RSL All Services Club "Put on your dancing shoes tonight! Sat 22nd December 2012 - FREE ENTERTAINMENT from 8:30pm till late. Midnight Drifters - 50's & 60's Style Rock & Roll at Katoomba RSL All Services Club MIDNIGHT DRIFTERS generate energy and excitement everywhere they perform. Each member of Midnight Drifters has well over 30 years experience in the music industry. The band plays 50s & 60s Rock n Roll. Dancers can enjoy music from artists such as: Chuck Berry, Dion & The Belmonts, The Mavericks, Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley, Rick Nelson, Shakin Stevens, Carl Perkins, Gerry & The Pacemakers to name a few. Instrumentals from the Shadows and Duane Eddy are also amongst the bands repertoire and some originals from lead vocalist Craig Byrne. Midnight Drifters like to keep in the spirit of the 50s & 60s era to make your night a memorable one! Playing a mix of Rock n Roll, Rockabilly, Ballads & instrumentals they are sure to entertain and keep the dancers moving all night long!

who is the King Of Rock n roll ‚ÄĒ People generally say that it is Elvis Presley but for me Chuck Berry is the bes...

26 Nov 2012 23:19

So on the way into school I was listening to Johnny Cash and i got to thinking about the evolution of popular music. Back then it was Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry.now its Justin Bieber, Niki Minaj and ridiculously named rappers with no talent.uh...what the *** happened?

19 Nov 2012 16:56

"What do Led Zeppelin, Chuck Berry, Queen, the Beach Boys, Diana Ross, the Grateful Dead, The Who, The Kinks, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Janis Joplin, Buddy Holly, The Doors, Bob Marley, and Neil Young all have in common? None of these acts have won a Grammy. Here are some more thought-provoking music-biz facts for you: 1. Ke$ha‚Äôs ‚ÄúTiK ToK‚ÄĚ sold more copies than any Beatles single. 2. Rihanna has 10 No. 1 singles and six Grammy Awards. Led Zeppelin has 0 and 0. 3. Lil Wayne has charted the most Billboard Hot 100 hits (109) of any solo artist. Before Wayne, Elvis Presley held the record with 108 Hot 100 hits. But let‚Äôs remember the King‚Äôs chart successes transpired over the course of 54 years, starting in 1958 when Billboard introduced the Hot 100. 4. Flo Rida‚Äôs ‚ÄúLow‚ÄĚ has sold 8 million copies in five years. The Beatles‚Äô ‚ÄúHey Jude‚ÄĚ has sold 8 million copies as well, but it took 44 years. Has the world gone mad? I‚Äôve had my suspicions for a while that the world is, if not completely mental, not ...

06 Nov 2012 21:37

Bill HaleyBill Haley is the neglected hero of early rock & roll. Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly are ensconced in the heavens, transformed into veritable constellations in the rock music firmament, their music respected by writers and scholars as well as the record-buying public, virtually every note of music they ever recorded theoretically eligible for release. And among the living rock & roll pioneers, Chuck Berry is given his due in the music marketplace and by the history books, and Bo Diddley is acknowledged appropriately in the latter, even if his music doesn't sell the way it should. Yet Bill Haley -- who was there before any of them, playing rock & roll before it even had a name, and selling it in sufficient quantities out of a small Pennsylvania label to attract attention from the major labels before Presley was even recording in Memphis -- is barely represented by more than a dozen of his early singles, and recognized by the average listener for exactly two songs among the hundreds that he recor ...

06 Nov 2012 10:15

Buddy HollyBuddy Holly is perhaps the most anomalous legend of '50s rock & roll -- he had his share of hits, and he achieved major rock & roll stardom, but his importance transcends any sales figures or even the particulars of any one song (or group of songs) that he wrote or recorded. Holly was unique, his legendary status and his impact on popular music all the more extraordinary for having been achieved in barely 18 months. Among his rivals, Bill Haley was there first and established rock & roll music; Elvis Presley objectified the sexuality implicit in the music, selling hundreds of millions of records in the process, and defined one aspect of the youth and charisma needed for stardom; and Chuck Berry defined the music's roots in blues along with some of the finer points of its sexuality, and its youthful orientation (and, in the process, intermixed all of these elements). Holly's influence was just as far-reaching as these others, if far more subtle and more distinctly musical in nature. In a career ...

Todays Music Minute Oct 18 1956, 21-year-old Elvis Presley pulled into a Memphis gas station where he started to attract a small crowd of autograph seekers. After repeatedly asking Elvis to move on so he could resume normal business, station manager Ed Hopper slapped Presley on the head and found himself on the receiving end of a punch in the face from Elvis. Station employee Aubrey Brown tried to help his boss, but was no match for Presley. After police are called, Hopper and Brown were charged with assault and were fined $25 and $15 respectively. 1966, The Jimi Hendrix Experience played their first gig as a band supporting French pop star Johnny Hallyday at the Paris Olympia in France. 1926, Born on this day, Chuck Berry, singer, songwriter and guitarist, who wrote the 1963 UK No. 6 single 'Let It Rock' plus many other classic songs. He also had surprise hit in 1972 with the UK and US No.1 single 'My Ding A Ling'. A major influence on The Beatles and Rolling Stones, Berry's 'Johnny B. Goode' was one of ...

This Day in Rock. 1955 ‚Äď Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash kicked off an eleven date tour of the Southern US states in Abilene, Texas. 1963 ‚Äď The Beatles are awarded their first gold disc for a million sales of ‚ÄúShe Loves You.‚ÄĚ 1965 ‚Äď The Beatles release their single ‚ÄúRoll Over Beethoven,‚ÄĚ a cover of the Chuck Berry classic. 1966 ‚Äď No. 1 Chart Toppers Pop Hit: ‚ÄúReach Out, I‚Äôll Be There,‚ÄĚ The Four Tops. 1967 - The Doors appeared at Danbury High School, Danbury, Connecticut. 1968 - during a Beatles recording session at Abbey Road six saxophonists recorded parts for ‚ÄėSavoy Truffle‚Äô for the forthcoming White Album. 1969 ‚Äď The No. 1 album in America today is Creedence Clearwater Revival‚Äôs Green River. 1990 - drummer Dave Grohl played his first gig with Nirvana when they appeared at the North Shore Surf Club in Olympia. 2005 - Rod Stewart received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to honour a career spanning more than 40 years.

10 Oct 2012 03:01

That sad moment in Music History when our teacher mentions Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry and people around me mumble under their breath "I thought it was Buck Cherry?"

06 Oct 2012 15:02

Then in the 50s a group of young guitarists invented Rockabilly. Blue Moon of Kentucky was about to hit the charts Elvis Presley with Scott Moore playing guitar with an echo amp using reverb Elvis announced he was a country boy looking for Rock then Ricky Nelson Hello Mary Lou Jimmy Burton the chicken pickin' sound and Chuck Berry... another story begins...

21 Sep 2012 23:16

Step back in time to the ‚ÄėSock Hop‚Äô era with Come Back Buddy! Specializing in cover songs of rock ‚Äėn‚Äô roll sensations including Buddy Holly, Ricky Nelson, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry and Roy Orbison. The band completes their tribute to the 50‚Äôs by also dressing the part; White Sport Coat...

"If the Beatles are the construct of modern music--and I use that word "construct" incorrectly--surely they were given birth to by Elvis Presley. A giant for sure, but the product of the black experience. Ergo--and I use that word correctly--blacks created modern music! Scratch an Allman Brother, and you have black. Scratch Billy Jo-ell, and you have Howling Wolf! I could go on, but my mother is in town. Let's just say that every white Rock And Roll musician working today should take half of his or her paycheck and mail it directly to Chuck Berry. At least that's what I think. And I won't even go into jazz. " Les Nessman

10 Jul 2012 03:23

Before Elvis Presley sang "Hound Dog," Big Mama Thornton had house-trained that canine. Before Bill Haley & the Comets popularized "Shake, Rattle & Roll," Big Joe Turner had done all three. The Crewcut's "Sh-Boom" was originally sung by The Chords, and The Beatles' "Roll Over Beethoven" was rocked by Chuck Berry well before the boys from Liverpool "invaded" America. It continues to be the biggest lie in the music industry - that Whites created rock `n' roll. From history books to rock-oriented cafes, from the pretentious Graceland mansion to the corner record store, White rock `n' roll artists have been immortalized and credited with creating the multibillion-dollar rock music industry. Lost is the reality that rock `n' roll was actually born out of the belly of Black blues music and raised by Black artists in the 1950s in smoke-filled clubs along Beale Street in Memphis, 47th Street in Chicago and 125th Street in Harlem and count baise hometown of red bank new jersey. Only years later, when White teenage ...

16 Jun 2012 02:10

I love my music class. Appearently they recommend that I listen to, Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix, Public Enemy, Elvis Presley, and NWA(Niggaz With Attitude)

21 May 2012 01:20

Elvis Presley - Promised Land.(Words & music by Chuck Berry) I left my home in Norfolk Virginia California on my mind I straddled that Greyhound And rode ...

19 May 2012 17:54

1955- 955 consumerism takes off in a big way with the sale of some 7.9 million cars in the US with 7 out of 10 families now owning a motor car, and new laws were put in place requiring seat belts to be installed on all new cars. The average wages were now $3,851 per year, and the minimum wage was raised to $1.00 per hour. The first McDonalds was erected in 1955 and more fast foods and TV dinners are appearing including fish fingers. The first cans of Coca-Cola are sold up till then it had only been sold in bottles. Rock And Roll music continues to grow in popularity with more idols including Elvis Presley , Bill Haley and the Comets, Chuck Berry and The Platters, and young men's fashion matches the times with pink shirts and charcoal grey suits. Yearly Inflation Rate USA 0.28% Average Cost of New House $10.950.00 Average Monthly Rent $87.00 Average Yearly Wages $4.130.00 Minimum Hourly Rate $1.00 Average Cost of a new car $1,900.00 Cost of a gallon of Gas 23 cents Ladies Swim Suits $12.95 Black and White ...

05 May 2012 20:54

Features of the campaign I've been working on: some Greek Mythology, including gods, heroes, and some monsters; implementing Metroid bosses, like Ridley, Kraid, and Mother Brain; and Rock 'n' Roll golems, including references to David Bowie, Metallica, Chuck Berry, and Elvis Presley.

"American Bandstand's" formula was simple. Clean-cut boys and girls danced to the hottest hits and the newest singles. In between, Clark chatted with the teens, who helped "rate-a-record," turning songs into sensations. Everyone showed up on "American Bandstand," from Elvis Presley to Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry to Chubby Checker.

Fun Facts for Wednesday, April 4, 2012. The 95 day of the year-- 271 days left in the year Today is Vitamin-C Day, marking this date in 1932 when C.C. King first isolated the vitamin at the University of Pittsburgh. Today is National Day of Hope, a time to pray for victims of child abuse and neglect. Hate Week begins today, according to George Orwell's once futuristic novel 1984. On this date in . . . 1915: McKinley Morganfield was born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. He became one of the great blues rockers, Muddy Waters, known for "Got My Mojo Working" and "Rolling Stone." He discovered Chuck Berry. 1938: After seven years of singing on the radio, Kate Smith began a new noontime talk show. 1960: On the same day Elvis Presley recorded "Are You Lonesome Tonight," RCA became the first record company to begin releasing pop singles simultaneously in both mono and stereo. Its first such release was Elvis' "Stuck on You." 1964: Twelve of the Billboard Hot 100 songs were by the Beatles, including the top five in ...